S. 5526
Agricultural Act of 2026
Sponsor: John Boozman · 0 cosponsors
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I Commodities
A Commodity Policy
B Dairy
C Supplemental Agricultural Disaster Assistance
D Administration
II Conservation
A Conservation Reserve Program
B Environmental Quality Incentives Program
C Conservation Stewardship Program
D Funding and administration
E Agricultural Conservation Easement Program
F Regional Conservation Partnership Program
G Forest Conservation Easement Program
H Other Conservation programs
III Trade
A Food for Peace Act
B Agricultural Trade Act of 1978
C Other agricultural trade laws
D Reports
IV Nutrition
A Supplemental nutrition assistance program
B Commodity distribution programs
C Miscellaneous
V Credit
A Farm Credit System
B Farm ownership and operating loans
C Administrative provisions
VI Rural Development
A Rural Electrification Act of 1936
I Rural broadband access
II Additional amendments
B Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act
C Miscellaneous
I Rural care economy
II Other miscellaneous provisions
VII Research, Extension, and Related Matters
A National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977
B Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990
C Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998
D Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008
I Agricultural security
II Miscellaneous provisions
E Other Matters
VIII Forestry
A Forest data modernization
B Forest health and management
I Forest Service management
II State and private partnerships
III Timber innovation
C Forest conservation
D Land designations
E White oak resilience
F Other matters
IX Energy
X Horticulture
A Horticulture marketing and information
(a) Definitions. In this section:
(1) Covered organic feedstuff. The term covered organic feedstuff means any organic feedstuff included on the list established under subsection (c)(2)—
(A) that is shipped in bulk; and
(B) for which there is a national organic program import certificate.
(2) National organic program import certificate. The term national organic program import certificate has the meaning given the term in section 2103 of the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 6502).
(3) Organic. The term organic, with respect to a feedstuff, means that the feedstuff is organically produced (as defined in section 2103 of the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 6502)).
(4) Secretary. The term Secretary means the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Agricultural Marketing Service.
(5) Shipped in bulk
(A) In general. The term shipped in bulk, with respect to a feedstuff, means that the feedstuff is shipped loose in a ship hold, railcar, container, or super sack, or by another similar method.
(B) Exclusion. The term shipped in bulk, with respect to a feedstuff, does not include the shipment of that feedstuff as a packaged good.
(b) Annual report on residue testing for covered organic feedstuffs and other imported organic feedstuffs
(1) In general. Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the residue testing described in paragraph (2) that was carried out during the year covered by the report for—
(A) each covered organic feedstuff; and
(B) each other imported organic feedstuff—
(i) that is shipped in bulk; and
(ii) for which there is a national organic program import certificate.
(2) Residue testing described. The residue testing referred to in paragraph (1) is residue testing carried out under any of the following:
(A) Subsection (c)(3).
(B) Section 2107(a)(6) of the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 6506(a)(6)).
(C) Section 2112(a) of that Act (7 U.S.C. 6511(a)).
(D) Section 205.670(c) of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation).
(3) Requirements. Each report under paragraph (1) shall include information on—
(A) the frequency of the applicable residue testing;
(B) the methods used for that residue testing;
(C) the results of that residue testing;
(D) the standards used to analyze those results; and
(E) any actions taken as a result of that residue testing.
(c) Annual testing and corrective action
(1) Risk-Based protocol. The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security and the organic agricultural product imports interagency working group established under section 2122A of the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 6521a), shall develop and regularly update risk-based protocols for—
(A) determining which imported organic feedstuffs shall be included on the list of covered organic feedstuffs described in paragraph (2) each year; and
(B) determining necessary parameters of residue testing for those imported organic feedstuffs, including—
(i) frequency of testing;
(ii) quantity to be tested;
(iii) type of testing;
(iv) responsibility for testing; and
(v) other necessary parameters.
(2) List of covered organic feedstuffs
(A) In general. The Secretary, using the risk-based protocol established under paragraph (1)(A), shall establish and annually update a list of imported organic feedstuffs for which the Secretary shall carry out residue testing under paragraph (3) during that year.
(B) Confidentiality. The list established under subparagraph (A) shall not be made publicly available.
(3) Annual testing. Each year, the Secretary shall carry out residue testing for each covered organic feedstuff.
(4) Corrective action. Beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, if any residue testing required under paragraph (3) indicates any detectable prohibited substance at a level in excess of the level permitted by the national organic program established under the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 6501 et seq.) or the relevant, equivalent organic certification program of a State, the applicable shipment of that covered organic feedstuff—
(A) shall be excluded from organic sale; and
(B) may not be sold, labeled, or represented as organically produced.
B Regulatory reform
XI Crop insurance
XII Miscellaneous
A Livestock
B National security
C Fertilizer
D United States grain standards reauthorization
E Year-Round E15 and RFS reform
F Other miscellaneous provisions